התייבש

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ב־שׁ (y-b-sh)

From the root י־ב־שׁ (y-b-sh); compare יָבֵשׁ (yavésh, “dry”).

Verb

התייבש / הִתְיַבֵּשׁ • (hityabésh) (hitpa'el construction)

1. (intransitive) To dry, to dry out: to become dry.

   הבגדים מתייבשים. ― hab'gadím mityabshím. ― The clothes are drying.

Usage notes

• Unlike English dry, Hebrew הִתְיַבֵּשׁ is specifically used when a person or thing is becoming dry on its own. When one person or thing is drying another, the related transitive verb ייבש / יִבֵּשׁ (yibésh) is used.